With the sun shining a bit more than usual, and the temperatures staying above 55 a tad longer, the family is more inclined to hit the trail more frequently. On a favorable hiking day, we tend to do 2-4 mile hikes with the kids. Those miles don’t always work well in the winter or rainy […]
Flowers, flowers, and more flowers brought in the start of Autumn’s third year of life. We celebrated Autumn’s birthday with plenty of laughs, fun, family, and friends. It was a very simple but perfect occasion for Autumn. From her strawberry cake breakfast to her favorite Caspar Babypants songs, we aimed to make it her day. She […]
Our little fireball turns 2 years old today (March 18, 2012). We love you Autumn and are excited to celebrate this wonderful day with you! From the onset of the pregnancy through the present, Autumn exhibits a tendency to pave her own path through life. She enters a room, a pool, a slide, a ladder, […]
We’re ready! Bring on the egg nog. Let the kids write Santa a letter. Let’s bake and bake. We’re ready for the Christmas season. After arriving home today from Oregon for Thanksgiving, we completed our Christmas decorating by visiting the Stockard Family Christmas Tree Farm to select a good ‘ol fashion Christmas tree for the […]
We did the annual trek to Yamhill County, Oregon where Laura’s parents live. I say annual because Thanksgiving is the holiday we spend with her family each year (with the exception of a couple years). Christmas is one we rotate we each year between her side and my side. We did the almost 7 hour […]
It’s been a wonderful…no wait, it’s been an awesome eight years of being married to the most amazing woman in the world! I’m constantly in awe at all the experiences we’ve done in our short time together (~10 years from the day we met). Peace Corps, hiking, moving, kids, graduate school, New York, National Parks, […]
Laura and I took two well-deserved days away from the kids, work, and normal routine of life to visit the Olympic Coast. Having lived in the Seattle area for two years, we have never spent quality time on the Coast. We chose to visit in October because we knew the leaves would be changing colors […]
Sorry Christmas tree farms, you don’t have a thing on today’s pumpkin patch. Don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas and will always select my Christmas tree from a tree farm or a national forest, but it’s kind of a boring experience to go and cut a tree. I agree that just selecting a pumpkin […]
Ethan astounded us today! He recited the poem “Friends” in front of all his friends at preschool. He wasn’t expected to do this, it kind of just happened. Let me take you back a few weeks so you get the whole picture here. At the start of Ethan’s preschool year, his teacher passed out the […]
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